In the District Court of the United States, for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the United States of America, petitioner, vs. Motion Picture Patents Company, et al., defendants (1913)

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Record Details:

Title:
In the District Court of the United States, for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the United States of America, petitioner, vs. Motion Picture Patents Company, et al., defendants
Date:
1913
Publisher:
New York, Appeal Printing Co.
Volume:
In the District Court of the United States, for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the United States of America, petitioner, vs. Motion Picture Patents Company, et al., defendants : record volume 1
Leaf #:
000114
Language:
English
Collection:
Government & Law and Early Cinema
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
These seven volumes contain the testimonies and supporting documents from the U.S. District Court's antitrust lawsuit against the Motion Picture Patents Company (MPPC). Formed in 1908, the MPPC (sometimes referred to asœ"the Edison Trust" or just "the Trust") sought to control the American film industry through pooling patents and demanding that producers and exhibitors acquire licenses to those patents. Independent producers and exhibitors, who refused to license the patents, argued that the MPPC was an unlawful monopoly. In 1912 and 1913, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania heard testimonies from both MPPC members, such as Siegmund Lubin, and "Independents" who later became Hollywood moguls, such as William Fox. Ultimately, in 1915, the case reached the U.S. Supreme Court, which found the MPPC in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act and spelled the end for the already weakening MPPC. -- Eric Hoyt, 2012
Date Added:
September 12, 2024
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92 Bulletins to Exhibitors. Theatre Film Service Co., 85 Dearborn Street, Chicago, 111. Theatre Film Service Co., 1038 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, Cal. Trent & Wilson, 63 East 3rd Street, Salt Lake City, Utah. 20th Century Optiscope Co., 59 Dearborn Street, Chicago, 111. 20th Century Optiscope Co., Shukert Building, Kansas City, Mo. 20th Century Optiscope Co., 408 Eccles Building, Ogden, Utah. Turner & Dahnken, 1650 Ellis Street, San Francisco, Cal. Twin City Calcium and Stereopticon Co., 709 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minn. United Film Exchange, 717 Superior Avenue, N. E., Cleveland, O. U. S. Film Exchange, 132 Lake Street, Chicago, 111. Vaudette Film Exchange Co., 103 Monroe Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. P. L. Waters, 41 East 21st Street, New York City. Alfred Weiss' Film Exchange, 219 Sixth Avenue, New York City. Western Film Exchange, 949 Century Building, St. Louis, Mo. Western Film Exchange, 307 Grand Avenue, Milwaukee, Wis. Western Film Exchange, 201 Miners' Bank Building, Joplin, Mo. Wonderland Film Exchange, Seventh Street and Liberty Avenue, Pittsburg, Pa. Wheelan-Loper Film Co., 339 Main Street, Dallas, Texas. Yale Film Renting Co., 622 Main Street, Kansas City, Mo. The Patents Company has by its licenses to the most important manufacturers of moving picture films and machines in the world, and to the leading rental exchanges, provided, for such exhibitors as become its licensees, the highest class of service with the largest and best selection of subjects, and in addition has made provision for the elimination of wornout and objectionable film.